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Salmaan Taseer (Governor, Punjab)   Chancellor GC University Lahore Phone: Off. 042-9200016-17, 9200093

Salmaan Taseer is a business tycoon and politician who is the current Governor of Punjab and Chancellor of the GC University Lahore. He has served as a minister in the caretaker cabinet of Prime Minister Muhammad Mian Soomro. Taseer is also the Chairman and CEO of the First Capital and Worldcall Group. He was appointed to the post of governor on 15 May 2008 in place of outgoing governor Lt. Gen. Khalid Maqbool.

Salmaan Taseer is the son of the great poet Mohammad Din Taseer and writer Christabel (Bilqees) Taseer. He did his Chartered Accountancy from England and Wales.

He began his business career by successfully setting up two chartered accountancy and management consultancy firms KPMG, United Arab Emirates and Taseer Hadi Khalid and Co. Pakistan. In 1994, he established First Capital Securities Corporation Limited (FCSC), a full service brokerage house, with equity participation by Smith Barney, part of Travelers group and HG Asia based in Hong Kong. Since then he has been actively involved in establishing other companies in the financial services sector as well as the telecommunications, media, insurance and real estate development sectors in Pakistan.

He also owns the Daily Times newspaper, Business Plus TV channel, Pace shopping malls and Hyatt hotel range in Pakistan.

Salmaan Taseer was selected as the Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives in the Caretaker setup under PM Muhammad Mian Soomro for four months in the winter of 2007-2008. On 15 May 2008, Salmaan Taseer was nominated for the post of Governor of Punjab by the government of PPP to replace the incumbent Lt. Gen. (retd) Khalid Maqbool.

(The extract taken from URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmaan_Taseer on 17-05-2008)